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Korean Air Flight 631 was a scheduled international passenger flight operating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea to Mactan–Cebu International Airport in Metro Cebu, Philippines. On 23 October 2022, the Airbus A330-300 operating this flight overran the runway while landing in Cebu due to a failure with the hydraulics ...
North Korean copy of the Russian AK-105 with a shortened 20-round magazine carrying 5.45×39mm ammunition. The furniture such as the pistol grip and the lightweight stock are made of plastic. Issued to armored crews. [7] [8] Assault rifles Type 56 China: Chinese copy of the AK-47. [2]: A-75 Type 88 North Korea: North Korean copy of the AK-74.
The Battle for Cebu City (Filipino: Labanan sa Lungsod ng Cebu; Cebuano: Gubat sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo; Japanese: セブシティーのための戦い) was a major engagement of World War II that occurred between March 26 and April 8, 1945, during the second Philippines Campaign.
The new TPQ-74K has 30~40% greater detection radius and continuous operating time than the existing Korean-licensed Swedish ARTHUR-K radar systems. Arthur-K has effective detection range of 40 km, while the new system has range of over 60 km.
South Korean navy ships sail in formation for the Fleet Review 2015. Naval ensign of South Korea Naval jack of South Korea. The Republic of Korea Navy has about 160 ships in commission (a total displacement of about 232,285 tonnes [1]). The vessels are categorized into four levels.
The defense industry of South Korea is the main supplier of armaments to the Republic of Korea's Armed Forces.Originally heavily reliant on the United States to supply weapons to its armed forces, South Korea began manufacturing its own weapons through the country's industrialization and military modernization efforts. [1]
June 1974: Three North Korean gunboats attacked and sank a Korea Coast Guard patrol craft (863) in the Sea of Japan near the maritime demarcation border. 26 South Korean coast guardsmen killed. South Korean and North Korean fighter jets engage each other over the sea battle but do not fire upon each other. [26] [27]
North Korean citizens farmed land deemed "unusable for agricultural purposes" by the government or even small kitchen gardens to provide for their families. [6] These illegal private farms were able to produce crop yields larger than the public agriculture programs. [6] Farmers sold off any surplus of goods or bartered for other necessities. [7]